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These guys seriously need to stop messing with their licenses! Their ExtJS library switched to GPL in their 2.0 -> 2.1 upgrade ( http://www.alittlemadness.com/

These guys seriously need to stop messing with their licenses! Their ExtJS library switched to GPL in their 2.0 -> 2.1 upgrade ( http://www.alittlemadness.com/2008/04/24/ext-discovers-step-2-of-the-slashdot-business-model/ http://www.alittlemadness.com/2008/04/24/ext-discovers-step-... ); for me this meant we had to remove ExtJS from our product. There were 2 concerns: obviously the fact that it was GPL and we'd then be locked in to paying licensing costs or be forced to open source everything; but more importantly that this meant that the switch would hurt the project going forwards, and we'd be investing in a dying framework. After the way they handled their switch to GPL, this feels like an attempt at confusing people into thinking that ExtJS is MIT licensed, rather than trying to be a better community player. Unless they're going to commit to putting ExtJS under the MIT license of course... And don't even get me started on the background to their 'Ext GWT' product...

DocSavage 18y ago
I'd rather they get it right. This 3.0 release is a clean start hopefully. The Core will be MIT license, so there's no confusion over what you can do and what you can't do with it. I've got no problem with them building great commercial frameworks on the open source core, especially if it means some of that commercial stuff might eventually migrate down the chain to the open source version. Of course, people were burned on the previous license switch so they lost some developers there. Aside from the licensing issues, I think the ExtJS developers (Jack Slocum et al) are great javascript hackers. ExtJS is a great javascript framework, particularly the data grid component. There's also the upcoming Ext 3.0 Designer, which reminds me of the 280North Atlas GUI designer. http://extjs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52258 http://extjs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52258

DocSavage 18y ago

I'd rather they get it right. This 3.0 release is a clean start hopefully. The Core will be MIT license, so there's no confusion over what you can do and what you can't do with it. I've got no problem with them building great commercial frameworks on the open source core, especially if it means some of that commercial stuff might eventually migrate down the chain to the open source version. Of course, people were burned on the previous license switch so they lost some developers there. Aside from the licensing issues, I think the ExtJS developers (Jack Slocum et al) are great javascript hackers. ExtJS is a great javascript framework, particularly the data grid component. There's also the upcoming Ext 3.0 Designer, which reminds me of the 280North Atlas GUI designer. http://extjs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52258 http://extjs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52258